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An overview of microplastics characterization by thermal analysis

Chemosphere 2019 213 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 45 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Rosa Peñalver, Manuel Hernández‐Córdoba, Rosa Peñalver Rosa Peñalver, Rosa Peñalver, Rosa Peñalver Rosa Peñalver Rosa Peñalver Rosa Peñalver, Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Rosa Peñalver, Rosa Peñalver Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Manuel Hernández‐Córdoba, Ignacio López-Garcı́a, Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Manuel Hernández‐Córdoba, Rosa Peñalver Manuel Hernández‐Córdoba, Ignacio López-Garcı́a, Rosa Peñalver, Ignacio López-Garcı́a, Ignacio López-Garcı́a, Ignacio López-Garcı́a, Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Rosa Peñalver, Manuel Hernández‐Córdoba, Ignacio López-Garcı́a, Rosa Peñalver Rosa Peñalver, Natalia Arroyo‐Manzanares, Rosa Peñalver

Summary

This review explores the potential of thermal analytical techniques - including thermogravimetry and pyrolysis-GC/MS - for identifying and characterizing microplastics in environmental samples, covering both manufactured primary microplastics and degradation-derived secondary ones. Thermal methods offer advantages for bulk quantification and polymer identification that complement spectroscopic approaches.

Microplastics may be present in the environment as primary microplastics (manufactured) or secondary microplastics (result of the continuous degradation of larger plastic pieces into smaller fragments due to environmental, physicochemical and biotic factors). To fully understand the dynamics of microplastic particles and their environmental effects, harmonized, automated, cheap, rapid and reliable methodologies for sampling, extraction and characterization of microplastic need to be developed. This review focuses on the potential of thermal analytical techniques for microplastics characterization and highlights some of the new trends in this area.

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